The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1887-09-08
friends and admirers, and often -
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their rnin. o1'en to
No wonder the Philadelphia WOMB.
xeferredto to, scorned free "cookinaisan
sons@ 1t is now a drudgerv. ana les,
was Taught despise it. But not 'ue
with girls IN the Mississippi "Tudr 80
trial Institute ct Columbus, where a41
happy children daily take a hama i Fl
preparing Dishes" "settine tab1as IN n
decorating dining rooms" ssmaI;n.
SOAP and washing clothes" as uaI
as painting, wood-carving, draw;na
designing, bookkeeping, telegranbsS'
and both Englishand ancient litars'
ture. And SO, toe, thesrt Of cook;nm; =.
made popular and pleasant inthe hail. 10
of ladies likeM rs. Ewing. And hattas
still, this is the Bible idea Of the dntv
of teaching and training, when it nic.
lures the "virtuous woman as VOL
ing willingly with her hands and eat.
ing not the bread of idleness." "Givo
her of the fruit of her hands and her
children arise up and call her blessed y
Another precaution; "The Manual
Training School" and the industrial
College" are not intended to enable
poor pupils to earn an education. az
the old manual Labor School," which
made such signal failures some fftv
years ago. The work in the former is
designed solely for training purposes,
and usually continues at the one par.
ticular object or study only an hour
or SO at a time and then turns to some
other line or thing. This offers rest and
recreation. However, in some of the
Industrial schools and colleges arran.
gements are made for "voluntarv
work" on the part of such students as
may wish to do "extra labor" and so
pay part Of their expense; and in the
Mississippi Agricultural and Mechan.
ical College at Starkville, many of the
poor boys nearly "pay through" 1t
is hence often called the "Poor Bows
College" It, too, numbers over 300
hale and hearty young fellows of the
former "planter class"
But I close, though the subject is
new and almost inexhaustible. Accu.
rate and full information can be had
touching the same in all it's branches,
by sending on to the Industrial Edu.
cation Association of New York city,
No. 9 University Place, for its re-
port and publications,-of course
sending 8 to 5 cents in stamps for re.
turn postage. You will then see too,
MI. Editor, how the best and most
devout people of the great metropolis
are giving their time, their money and
their influence to the cause of educa-
tional reform. You will find there
the traditional names of Archibald
Alexander, Morgan Dix, W. E. Dodge,
MI. and Mrs. M. K. Jessup, Mrs, An.
son G.. P helps, Geo. w. Vanderbilt
and hundreds of others.
And the whole subject is ably and
even eloquently treated by Prof.
Charles II. Ham in a neat volume OF
1853 pages entitled manual Training"
in which he gives the detailed workings
Of the "Chicago Manual Training
School" founded by the Commercial
Club" of that city to supply the loss
of the abandoned apprentice system,
and to compete with the skilled labor
of Europe. It shows wonderful fore
sight and success.
[ agree with you that a Training
or " Industrial " school would be the
very thing for Charlotte, and in due
time it must come. But I also desire TO
see the idea introduced in u common
public schools. 1t is not so difficult as
supposed, and for the use and appllca-
ton Of the elementary principles the
appendage ola small shop and kitchen,
with a few tools and fixtures, would
be all likely to be needed in the com.
mon free school for a long while. VI
course the "old fogies," the "profes,
SIGNALS" and all party politicians VIII
cry "innovation, "infdelity," "hlgn
taxes" wild extravaganza" vision
airy notions" and all sorts of hydra
headed monsters. But let them reao'
let them reflect that the "gulf between
the savage and the civilized man
spanned by seven hand-tools: the axe,
the saw, the plane, the hammer 1nS
square, the chisel and the fle," anu
that a woman's kingdom embraces q
stove, a dining-table, sewing-macnihe,
a garden spot, a pair of scissors ana Q
hair pin.
So, Mr.. Editor, let all hands prepare
for the change. The farmers nav.
started the ball in the College OF az